A Phoenix Rising from a Humble Household

[Alternate History + Rise from Humble Beginnings + Original Novel for a Short Drama]

Yun Yi transmigrates for no apparent reason to the Great Zhou Dynasty, where he becomes a poor scholar with an empty house and barely enough to eat.

He plans to use simple, traditional techniques to earn a little money and support his family, but instead draws the covetous attention of powerful figures at court.

To protect himself, Yun Yi outwits the powerful. With the help of a close female confidante, he happens to catch the emperor's eye.

Once he steps into court, the emperor wants to wield him as a blade, the princes treasure him, the Confucians see him as a menace, the common people look to him as their provider, and the barbarians both love and hate him. Meanwhile, the new emperor has even greater ambitions...

The new emperor: Yun, my dear minister, wherever the sun and moon shine and the rivers flow, it is all Han territory of our Great Zhou. What do you say?

Yun Yi: I only ever wanted to be a carefree little landowner...